How to tell when you're on target during training?

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Listmates,I hope this isn't considered too theoretical or obsessive a question: When you are training to get a frequency to change (either " up " or " down " ), are there any criteria to determine when you are " there " other than indirectly, because you are now feeling " better " (or just different)?

The training is obviously designed to " jack up the volume " (or jack down, depending) of a particular frequency or frequencies at a particular location. But is there any standard for how " loud " the frequency should be? How do you know when you have arrived at a goal?

I am particularly confused about this when we are dealing with automatic thresholds. If you set the threshold to automatically reward the person when they are at, say 75%, then won't the automatic threshold put itself at the level where the person experiences that percent success even though the actual amplitude is not anywhere near where you want them to be? is this making any sense? when using an automatic threshold, what would ever make the threshold rise and demand a higher level of performance, since, by definition, it's already telling you you're successful 75% of the time (because that's how you set it)?

Or, let's say you're using a manual threshold -- you set it so that the person is experiencing that same 75% success level -- and then, because of the rewards you are giving their brain,  they move on to experience success, say, 90% of the time. So now it's too easy. So you move the bar a little higher, until they're at 75% again. You're getting their brains to push that frequency to a higher and higher amplitude -- that's your goal (of course I'm ignoring the fact that, most of the time in the TLC approach you want the amplitude to go *lower*). My question is: are there any standards for how " loud " (in microvolts) the frequencies should be? or do you go by the person's feelings and behaviors and that's it?

Are we supposed to be looking at the TLC assessment to see what the amplitudes were at baseline? or is it a relative thing, e.g. SMR at the midline was too low relative to highbeta, that sort of thing?Do I need to take another course????

thank youLiz-- Margoshes, Ph.D.New York State Licensed Psychologist